Dell XPS 15 9500

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics5.41% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive129% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 15 9500  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0RHXRG
Memory6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210928
Uptime1.3 Days
Run DateDec 22 '21 at 21:00
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 45%

 PC Performing below expectations (25th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10750H
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
65.3% Good
Memory 79.1
1-Core 88.1
2-Core 160
64% 109 Pts
4-Core 278
8-Core 523
48% 401 Pts
64-Core 695
43% 695 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 65.3%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics
Dell(1028 097D) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9749
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
5.41% Terrible
Lighting 5.7
Reflection 50.1
Parallax 6.3
5% 20.7 fps
MRender 9.3
Gravity 6
Splatting 9.6
7% 8.3 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.41%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
PC SN730 NVMe WDC 512GB
296GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11121012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 689 549 557 579 588 605 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
129% Outstanding
Read 1,162
Write 1,032
Mixed 1,062
SusWrite 594
216% 963 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 53.4
4K Mixed 37.7
117% 39.3 MB/s
DQ Read 131
DQ Write 273
DQ Mixed 456
274% 286 MB/s
Poor: 124%
This bench: 129%
Great: 285%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6CJR8N-XN 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.7% Very good
MC Read 28.5
MC Write 30.2
MC Mixed 22.5
77% 27.1 GB/s
SC Read 13
SC Write 25.3
SC Mixed 19.1
55% 19.1 GB/s
Latency 82.2
49% 82.2 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 73.7%
Great: 100%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical XPS 15 9500 Builds (Compare 3,130 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 15 9500

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